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NURS 705 - CLINICAL INQUIRY I
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: Take NURS 700, NURS 701, NURS 702 & NURS 703
In this course, students will design an evidence-based research study that will guide clinical practice. The feasibility of conducting this research initiative will be explored. Potential funding sources and budget issues will be examined. Students will complete the human subjects training and write a proposal.
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NURS 706 - CLINICAL INQUIRY II
Prerequisite: Take NURS 705
In this course, students will implement their clinical project and complete data collection. Students will apply integrated research concepts as they pertain to their clinical project. Utilization of various methods of data analysis and data management systems will be explored.
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NURS 707 - CLINICAL INQUIRY III
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: Take NURS 706
In this course, students complete data analysis of the clinical project. Based upon the results of data analysis, the student will disseminate his/her evidence-based research through written and oral delivery.
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NURS 708 - ORGANIZATIONAL AND SYSTEMS LEADERSHIP
Credits: Three
Students will analyze organizational, management and social science theories in the context of organizational leadership and change management. Systems thinking is emphasized.
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NURS 709 - ADVANCED HEALTH POLICY
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: In this course the student uses knowledge of the American healthcare system to identify economically and politically feasible and viable policy changes that would improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the system’s delivery of health care. The student will explore the policy making process in preparation to be effective advocates for health policy change.
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OCTH 200 - INTRODUCTION TO OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: Admission to OT Program
This course is an introduction to the profession of occupational therapy and its place in health service delivery systems. Content includes a study of the profession’s history and development, exploration of current practice issues and an opportunity to gain critical knowledge that forms the basis of clinical reasoning. Emphasis will be placed on professionalism and the skills necessary to be successful in a professional program.
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OCTH 215 - MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY FOR OT
Credits: Two
This course consists of pronunciation, spelling, and definitions of medical terms, a review of Greek-Latin roots/prefixes/suffixes, medical abbreviations and medical documentation activities. For Occupational Therapy majors only.
Note: Occupational Therapy Students Only
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OCTH 220 - HUMAN OCCUPATIONS
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: OCTH 200; Minimum grade C
This course will explore the concept of occupation from a variety of perspectives including form, function and meaning of human occupation. Factors related to context (cultural, physical, social, personal, spiritual, temporal, virtual) will be explored. Emphasis will be placed on understanding how occupation contributes to well-being and learning to apply fundamental principles of occupation to the practice of occupational therapy.
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OCTH 220L - REQUIRED LAB - OCTH 220
Credits: Zero
Corequisite: OCTH 220
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OCTH 305 - CONDITIONS AFFECTING OCCUPATIONAL PERFORMANCE
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: BIOL 101, 102, Minimum grade C in all prerequisite courses.;
Corequisite: PSYC 321
This course is an overview of treatment conditions typically seen by occupational therapists. This course explores the etiology, basic pathogenesis, and commonly observed sign and symptoms of a broad spectrum of conditions affecting occupational outcomes.
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OCTH 310 - FOUNDATIONS OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: OCTH 220, SOC 101 or SOC 102; PSYC 101; Minimum grade C in all prerequisite courses
Corequisite: OCTH 310L
This course facilitates students’ development of foundational occupational therapy skills.
Emphasis will be placed on understanding the domain and process of occupational therapy, professional responsibility and professional communication. Concepts and methods of analyzing common daily activities as a key step in occupational evaluation will be presented. Additionally, there will be a focus on therapeutic occupations for individual of different ages, cultural backgrounds, and disability.
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OCTH 310L - REQUIRED LAB-OCTH 310
Credits: Zero
Corequisite: OCTH 310
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OCTH 315 - THEORY OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: OCTH 310; Minimum grade C
Theory of Occupational Therapy provides a comprehensive overview of the theories, models of practice, and frames of reference used in occupational therapy practice. Content will cover all populations across the lifespan and include perspectives of wellness and disability.
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OCTH 325 - OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY PRACTICE SKILLS
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: OCTH 315; Minimum grade C required
This course introduces basic occupational therapy concepts and procedures including safe and effective care techniques, documentation, and monitoring of clients status. Students develop skills for occupational therapy practice in medical and community-based settings. In addition, the course introduces students to the practice ethics, occupational therapy roles and expands the discussion on professional behaviors.
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OCTH 390 - NEUROSCIENCE
Credits: Four
Prerequisite: BIOL 301; Minimum grade C required
This course explores neuroanatomy and neurophysiology concepts as they relate to the performance of human occupations. The structure and function of the human central and peripheral nervous systems will be applied to the analysis of normal and abnormal movement, touch, vision, perception, cognition, learning, memory, and attention. Recent research that addresses the brains processing in serial and parallel, leading to performance in occupations will be discussed.
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OCTH 430 - MOVEMENT ANALYSIS & OCCUPATION
Credits: Four
Prerequisite: BIOL 301; Minimum grade C
Corequisite: OCTH 430L, OCTH 325
This course analyzes purposeful human movement. An in-depth look at joint structure and function provides insight into how muscles act upon joints to create movement. The course emphasizes hands-on skill acquisition in goniometry and manual muscle testing with functional applications across the life span. Strength, joint range, and dexterity and posture will be analyzed in terms of occupational performance. Principles of ergonomics are discussed; assessment and intervention are introduced for multiple work-place environments.
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OCTH 430L - REQUIRED LAB - OCTH 430
Credits: Zero
Corequisite: OCTH 430
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OCTH 500 - GROUP PROCESSES & COUNSELING
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: PSYC 254; PSYC 321; Minimum grade C required in all prerequisite courses
Corequisite: OCTH 590
This course provides an introduction to the behavioral sciences and theoretical frameworks that study and operationalize group behaviors and activities across occupational therapy practice areas. It is experiential in nature and provides students with theoretical and practice skills necessary to facilitate group activities within occupational therapy practice settings.
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OCTH 505 - LEVEL 1A FIELDWORK
Credits: Two
Prerequisite: OCTH 325; Minimum Grade C
Corequisite: OCTH 430; OCTH 510
This is the first of three Level I fieldwork experiences. Classroom preparation for fieldwork will be completed prior to student placement. Fieldwork placements allow students to experience service provision applicable to occupational therapy intervention to gain directed observation and supervised participation.
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OCTH 510 - OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY EVALUATION
Credits: Four
Prerequisite: PSYC 341; Minimum grade C
Corequisite: OCTH 325, OCTH 430, OCTH 510L
This course provides the foundational basis for the evaluation domain and process in occupational therapy. Screenings, diagnostic measures, and occupational profiles are practiced. Assessment methods and tools are overviewed, and properties of standardized and non-standardized measures are analyzed and evaluated. Assessment selection, administration, interpretation and application to intervention planning are discussed.
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OCTH 510L - REQUIRED LAB - OCTH 510
Credits: Zero
Corequisite: OCTH 510
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OCTH 520 - THERAPEUTIC ADAPTATION ENABLING OCCUPATION
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: OCTH 305, OCTH 390 & OCTH 430; Minimum grade C in all undergraduate prerequisite courses, OCTH 510; Minimum grade B-
Corequisite: OCTH 520L
The course focuses on the use of compensation and adaptation methods for facilitating occupational performance. Students will be introduced to principles of altering task methods, adapting task objectives and modifying contexts as occupational therapy intervention methods. Specific emphasis will be placed on the selection, use and training of low and high assistive technologies available to address the occupational needs of individuals with disabilities.
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OCTH 520L - REQUIRED LAB - OCTH 520
Credits: Zero
Corequisite: OCTH 520
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OCTH 525 - ADJUNCTIVE METHODS FOR ENABLING OCCUPATION
Credits: Four
Prerequisite: OCTH 430; Minimum Grade C, OCTH 510; Minimum grade B-
Corequisite: OCTH 525L
This course focuses on enabling and adaptive components of the occupational therapy intervention process, including low temperature orthotics, prosthetics, and preparatory modalities (superficial thermal, mechanical, deep thermal and electrotherapeutic). Clinical and mechanical principles for low temperature orthotic design and construction are applied. Client assessment, fabrication or customization of orthotic devices, and instructions to client or caregiver are stressed. The safe and proper use of preparatory modalities to facilitate occupational performance are conceptualized.
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OCTH 525L - REQUIRED LAB - OCTH 525
Credits: Zero
Corequisite: OCTH 525
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OCTH 590 - OCCUPATIONAL INTERVENTION I
Credits: Four
Prerequisite: PSYC 321 & OCTH 325; Minimum grade C in all undergraduate prerequisite courses, OCTH 510; Minimum Grade B-
Corequisite: OCTH 590L
This course focuses on the concepts, values and skills needed to facilitate the occupational performance of persons across the life span who are experiencing psychosocial distress due to situational or neurobehavioral problems. Contemporary issues in mental health and occupational therapy as they relate to the provision of clinic and community-based care will be explored.
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OCTH 590L - REQUIRED LAB-OCTH 590
Credits: Zero
Corequisite: OCTH 590
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OCTH 592 - LEVEL 1B FIELDWORK
Credits: Two
Prerequisite: OCTH 505 Grade of P
This is the second of three Level I fieldwork experiences. Classroom preparation for fieldwork will be completed prior to student placement. Fieldwork placements allow students to experience service provision applicable to occupational therapy intervention to gain directed observation and supervised participation.
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OCTH 595 - OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY RESEARCH & DATA ANALYSIS METHODS
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: PSYC 341 & PSYC 342; Minimum grade of C in all prerequisite courses
Corequisite: OCTH 603
This course explores qualitative and quantitative research methods including clinical research design and methods for analyzing and interpreting data. Emphasis is placed on enhancing students ability to assess the credibility and applicability of research results to occupational therapy practice and to provide the basis for active participation in evidence-based research to support occupational therapy practice.
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OCTH 600 - OCCUPATIONAL INTERVENTION II
Credits: Four
Prerequisite: OCTH 390; Minimum grade of C, OCTH 510 & 590; Minimum grade of B- in all graduate level prerequisite courses
Corequisite: OCTH 600L
This course builds upon prior learning of normal cognitive, perceptual, motor, visual, social and behavioral development as a basis for understanding interventions for individuals who exhibit dysfunctions that impair full participation in home and community environments. The nature and purposes of various methods and tools of intervention are described. An overview of approaches and theories is provided. Students will learn to evaluate the quality and appropriateness of interventions and acquire beginning skills in implementing intervention planning across the lifespan and in a variety of settings.
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OCTH 600L - REQUIRED LAB - OCTH 600
Credits: Zero
Corequisite: Corequisite:OCTH 600
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OCTH 601 - OCCUPATIONAL INTERVENTION III
Credits: Four
Prerequisite: OCTH 305; Minimum grade C, OCTH 600; Minimum grade of B-
Corequisite: OCTH 601L
This course teaches occupational therapy intervention strategies for people of all ages are experiencing the occupational affects of physical dysfunction. It uses activity analysis perspective that considers client factors, contexts and occupational activities while selecting and designing intervention strategies. Students receive instruction on theories and techniques relevant to physical interventions and learn to think critically about the interventions they choose, based upon a client’s occupational profile.
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OCTH 601L - REQUIRED LAB - OCTH 601
Credits: Zero
Corequisite: OCTH 601
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OCTH 602 - OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY MANAGEMENT & ADMINISTRATION
Credits: Four
Prerequisite: OCTH 610 & OCTH 611; Minimum grade of B- in all graduate level prerequisites courses
This course explores facets of management of occupational therapy services in a constantly changing health care environment. Students learn about current trends in management strategies and occupational therapy delivery systems. Management roles to be addressed include strategic program planning, financial planning and management, marketing, consultation, facilitating communication in the workplace, personnel management, supervision and performance appraisal, assessing outcomes, and compliance with state and federal public policy regulations (including 3rd party reimbursement and accreditation).
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OCTH 603 - EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE: STUDY DESIGN
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: PSYC 342; Minimum grade C
Corequisite: OCTH 595
OCTH 603L
This course examines the role of research in guiding practice decisions. Students will develop basic skills needed to become evidence-based practitioners by 1) learning when and how to find and use information resources including appropriate literature within and outside of occupational therapy; 2) critically appraising professional literature as it relates to clinical questions; and 3) designing a beginning-level clinical research study. Students will prepare a written research proposal to include a statement of the clinical question being explored, a review of relevant literature, a description of methods or procedures to be used, and proposed methods of data analysis.
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OCTH 603L - REQUIRED LAB - OCTH 603
Credits: Zero
Corequisite: OCTH 603
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OCTH 604 - COMMUNITY PRACTICE
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: OCTH 590, OCTH 600, OCTH 601; Minimum grade of B- required in all graduate level prerequisite courses
This course explores occupational therapy services in the community and incorporates the use of evidence, public health models and service learning into its discussion of the present and emerging roles of occupational therapy in community settings. Occupational justice and public health constructs lay the foundation for the course’s philosophical perspective. The course discusses the distinct features of various practice settings such as schools, workshops and social service agencies.
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OCTH 605 - PRACTICE SEMINAR
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: OCTH 504, OCTH 520, OCTH 525, OCTH 600, OCTH 601; Minimum grade of B- in all graduate level prerequisite courses
Corequisite: OCTH 601
Small groups of students will work closely with a faculty facilitator in a problem-based learning approach to developing clinical reasoning teamwork, and professional communication skills. Cases will allow participants to explore biopsychosocial, occupational performance, ethical, and environmental issues through the life span, and to apply a variety of frames of reference to evaluation and intervention. Students will be encouraged to explore and evaluate their knowledge and attitudes relative to a variety of clinical and social issues. An emphasis on independent, lifelong learning and generating solutions to complex problems will be evident throughout the course.
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OCTH 608 - LEVEL 1C FIELDWORK
Credits: Two
Prerequisite: OCTH 592; Grade of P
This is the third of three Level I fieldwork experiences. Classroom preparation for fieldwork will be completed prior to student placement. Fieldwork placements allow students to experience service provision applicable to occupational therapy intervention to gain directed observation and supervised participation.
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OCTH 610 - LEVEL II A FIELDWORK
Credits: Eight
Prerequisite: OCTH 500, OCTH 604, OCTH 605, OCTH 606, OCTH 608; Minimum grade of B- in all graduate level prerequisite courses & OCTH 608 grade of P
This experience provides the student with an opportunity for professional role modeling and to carry out professional responsibilities under supervision. The student will be exposed to a variety of clients in an assigned setting. Level II fieldwork promotes clinical reasoning, insightful practice, ethical behavior, professionalism, and competence as an entry-level, generalist occupational therapist.
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OCTH 611 - LEVEL II B FIELDWORK
Credits: Eight
Prerequisite: OCTH 500, OCTH 604, OCTH 605, OCTH 606, OCTH 608; Minimum grade of B- in all graduate level prerequisite courses & OCTH 608 grade of P
This experience provides the student with an opportunity for professional role modeling and to carry out professional responsibilities under supervision. The student will be exposed to a variety of clients in a setting unique from the Level II A fieldwork. Fieldwork promotes clinical reasoning, insightful practice, ethical behavior, professionalism, and competence as an entry-level generalist occupational therapist.
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OCTH 623 - EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE DATA COLLECTION
Credits: Two
Prerequisite: OCTH 603; Minimum grade C
This course will focus on data collection and preliminary data analyses for the clinical research study proposed in OCTH 603. Students will collect clinical evidence of practice from data sources that may include, but are not limited to, record review/chart audit, review of administrative records, client evaluations, and client functional outcomes. Once data collection is completed the student will begin preliminary data analysis.
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OCTH 643 - EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE: RESULTS OF RESEARCH
Credits: Two
Prerequisite: OCTH 623; Minimum grade P
This course will focus on the analysis and interpretation of the clinical evidence collected in OCTH 623 and the oral and written preparation of the evidence-based research project. Students will prepare written documentation of their project according to guidelines in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. Additionally, students will be required to orally present their research study to an audience that may include faculty and clinicians.
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OCTH 650 - ADVANCED PRACTICE SEMINAR
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: OCTH 610, OCTH 611; Minimum grade P required in all prerequisite courses
Students returning from Level II fieldwork experiences will share their learning by reading and reflecting on issues relevant to contemporary clinical and community-based practice. Issues related to specialization and advanced-level practice development will be explored through readings and applicable learning activities.
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OCTH 660 - LEADERSHIP & ETHICS IN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: OCTH 610, OCTH 611; minimum grade P required in all prerequisite courses
This course discusses ethics relevant to occupational therapy practice and incorporates it into discussions on leadership skills and clinical practice. Using empirical evidence, case-scenarios and student experiences, the course provides an in-depth examination of the importance ethical duty has for modern occupational therapy practice. The course includes analysis of the qualities of leadership, including systemic thinking, cultural competence, empathy and altruism. The course culminates in a student led mock ethics conference.
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OCTH 665 - GRADUATE SEMINAR
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: OCTH 610; OCTH 611; Minimum grade of P in all prerequisite courses
The capstone course is an opportunity for students to demonstrate that they have achieved the goals for learning established by Maryville University and the Occupational Therapy Program. Portions of the course will focus on teaching, service, and scholarship as it relates to occupational therapy. Students, while working with a mentor, will apply their learning to a project which will serve as the main evaluation criteria for the course.
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ORGL 105 - INTRODUCTION TO LEADERSHIP
Credits: Three
This course explores the nature of leadership from a multidisciplinary perspective. Emphasis is placed on helping students gain a better understanding of what makes for good leadership. Students will study classic and contemporary leadership theories, and then explore options to develop their personal leadership potential.
Cross-listed: See PSYC 105
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ORGL 240 - CRITICAL THINKING IN PSYCHOLOGY
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: PSYC 101, PSYC 101F, OR PSYC 202H; Minimum grade C-
This course explores the importance of scientific critical thinking and ethics as they relate to advancing scientific knowledge, understanding, and application of knowledge in the Social Sciences. Students will develop a firm theoretical and scientific background related to scientific critical thinking and values in the Social Sciences to become critical thinkers within their disciplines.
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ORGL 297 - SPECIAL STUDIES
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: PSYC 101, PSYC 101F, or PSYC 202H
This topics course is offered periodically based on student demand, interest, and needs. The course content is developed by the individual course instructor and is based on topics of special interest to organizational leadership majors. For more information and a listing of current offerings, please see additional descriptions at www.maryville.edu/specialstudies.
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ORGL 472 - THEORIES OF ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: PSYC 101, PSYC 101F, PSYC 202, PSYC 202H, SOC 101 or SOC 202H; Minimum grade C-
This course focuses on the behavior of people in work situations. Major theories and concepts pertaining to organizational behavior are presented, and the current applications of these theories and concepts to practical organizational problems are critically examined.
Cross-listed: See PSYC/SOC 472, ORGL 572
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ORGL 473 - GROUP DYNAMICS
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: PSYC 101, PSYC 101F, PSYC 202, PSYC 202H, SOC 101 or SOC 202H; Minimum grade C-
This course focuses on the scientific study of groups. In the class we will focus on psychological theories and their applications to groups, especially in relation to the formation, development, and performance of small groups and in terms of the social influence, leadership, power, and conflict that might arise within groups.
Cross-listed: See PSYC/SOC 473, ORGL 573
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ORGL 480 - SENIOR SEMINAR
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: Senior Status, Completion of CRIM/PSYC/SOC 341 and CRIM/PSYC/SOC 342
Senior Seminar is the culmination of the social science curriculum. The seminar is designed to review and discuss a student’s course of study and its application beyond graduation. In addition, the seminar requires that students demonstrate various competencies related to their chosen field of study. In the process of demonstrating these competencies, students will work with a social science faculty member toward the development of a project proposal intended to explore an area of interest in the student’s field of study. Successful completion of Senior Seminar is achieved upon completion of the student project.
Cross-listed: See CRIM/PSYC/ SOC 480.
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ORGL 485 - SOCIAL CONFLICT & NEGOIATION
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: PSYC 101, PSYC 101F or PSYC 202H; Minimum grade C-
This course will explore social science theory and practice as it relates to social conflict and negotiation in a variety of situations. Students will gain an understanding of the theoretical frameworks for social conflict and negotiation, and learn to apply theory to not only minimize the dysfunctions of conflict but also facilitate the constructive functions of conflict in their everyday lives.
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ORGL 495 - PRACTICUM: ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP
Credits: Four
Prerequisite: PSYC 101, PSYC 101F, PSYC 202, PSYC 202H, SOC 101, SOC 101F or SOC 202H; Minimum grade C-
Students select practicum sites from a variety of human and social service agencies in both private and public sectors. This course gives students an opportunity for career exploration, community involvement and on-the-job experience before graduation.
Cross-listed: See CRIM/PSYC/SOC 495
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ORGL 496 - Independent Study
Credits: 1-4 credits
Prerequisite: PSYC 101, or PSYC 101F, or PSYC 202H; Minimum grade B
Junior- or senior-level students may design and conduct an independent study project in a field of their interest in partnership with a faculty adviser.
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ORGL 497 - SPECIAL STUDIES
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: PSYC 101, PSYC 101F, or PSYC 202H; Minimum grade C-
This topics course is offered periodically based on student demand, interest, and needs. The course content is developed by the individual course instructor and is based on topics of special interest to organizational leadership majors. For more information and a listing of current offerings, please see additional descriptions at www.maryville.edu/specialstudies.
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ORGL 500 - ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP
Credits: Three
This course surveys contemporary theories of leadership, and students critically assess the underlying assumptions and validity of theories in the research. Emphasis is placed on the development of critical and reflective thinking skills in leadership. Students will explore the values and assumptions that guide their actions and decisions, and will develop their own voice in authoring their leadership. Students will begin developing their leadership portfolio.
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ORGL 520 - DATA-DRIVEN LEADERSHIP
Credits: Three
A core competency of organizational leadership is the ability to gather information, analyze and critically evaluate information, and then use information to make informed decisions. In this course, students will learn to become effective consumers of research and data, as well as learn the fundamentals of organizational research and analysis including surveys, interviews, field experiments, quasi-experimental designs and program evaluation.
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ORGL 522 - GLOBAL COMMUNICATION
Credits: Three
This course focuses on communication systems in world cultures with an emphasis on understanding the social, cultural, political, and economic effects on different systems. Students will also explore intercultural communication, and the challenges of communicating in a global environment.
Cross-listed: See COMM 522
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ORGL 525 - PROFESSIONAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL ETHICS
Credits: Three
This course examines ethical decision making and issues in the organizational context using a framework that is empirically informed and consistent with best practices and regulations. Emphasis is placed on understanding how interpersonal and group relations and values impact individual and corporate responsibility and ethical issues in relation to internal and external stakeholders.
Cross-listed: See COMM 525
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ORGL 530 - CHANGE LEADERSHIP
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: ORGL 500
This course explores and critically assesses the research on change leadership theories. Drawing on current leadership research and tools, students explore options to enact leadership and impact real, sustainable positive change from any position in an organization or community. Students learn to become responsible for systems rather than to systems, and learn to address paradoxes and conflict to create positive change.
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ORGL 540 - HUMAN BEHAVIOR IN ORGANIZATIONS
Credits: Three
This course focuses on the behavior of people in organizations, and the interrelationships between individual, team, and organizational processes. Major theories pertaining to human behavior in organizations are explored, and emphasis is placed on application of these theories to relevant and important organizational challenges that students are facing. Topics include individual processes (perception and learning, personality and values, diversity and culturally competent practices, emotions, attitudes, motivation), group processes(group dynamics, decision making, conflict, power and influence, leadership, influence without authority, politics in organizations) and organizational processes (culture and change).
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ORGL 550 - ORGANIZATIONAL ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: ORGL 520
This course explores theories and models for assessing and diagnosing organizations. Students will learn to collect and analyze diagnostic information, select and design an intervention, and evaluate and institutionalize the change improvement – all in collaboration with the client system. Students will learn descriptive and inferential statistics including correlational analyses, regression, t-tests, ANOVA, and basic test construction analyses.
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ORGL 560 - INNOVATION AND DECISION MAKING
Credits: Three
This course focuses on theories of decision-making and innovation from disciplines as diverse as psychology, sociology, economics, and the cognitive sciences. Students will learn to identify and frame problems, evaluate and choose alternatives, implement decisions, and evaluate decision outcomes. We will explore automatic and controlled thinking processes, biased decision heuristics, contingency models of involvement in decision making, and complex values and attitudes that you can apply to your everyday decision making processes in your organization. In addition, students will learn creative problem-solving processes for innovation.
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ORGL 570 - GROUP DYNAMICS AND DEVELOPMENT
Credits: Three
This course focuses on the scientific study of groups. We will focus on psychological theories and their application to groups, especially in relation to group processes, team design, team environment, team development and team effectiveness. Students will learn group process interventions to improve the effectiveness of intact work groups.
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ORGL 580 - CONFLICT AND NEGOTIATION
Credits: Three
Every organization has conflict and organizational members engage in conflict management, whether this process occurs formally or informally. Many individuals engage in conflict management without fully understanding why they do what they do or how they actually behavior during conflict. In this course, you will learn theoretical models and frameworks to help you better understand the differing types of conflict that can arise within an organization, why conflict arises, when conflict can help versus hurt an organization, and how conflict can be managed. The course provides you with the opportunity to apply theory and observe the impact of your actions and thinking in dyadic and multi-party exchanges.
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ORGL 597 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT
Credits: Three
In this course, students will explore current issues in organizational leadership and effectiveness. This course may be taken more than once with different content.
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ORGL 615 - ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: ORGL 550
Organizational development is a process that applies a broad range of psychological science knowledge and practices to help organizations build their capacity to change and to achieve greater effectiveness. It is both an area of scientific inquiry and a professional field of social action. This course will explore both theory and interventions of organizational change and effectiveness. Topics include the planned change process, action research, human process interventions, techno-structural interventions, human resource interventions, strategic change interventions, and consulting skills.
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ORGL 685 - CAPSTONE: CONPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: Approval of Program Director required
Note: Comprehensive examination must be taken in the last semester of the coursework before graduation.
Cross-listed: See COMM 685
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ORGL 695 - PRACTICUM/INTERNSHIP IN ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor required
This course gives students an opportunity for career exploration, networking, community involvement and on-the-job experience before graduation.
Note: Successful completion of core Organizational Leadership course work, including ORGL 501, ORGL 522, ORGL 525, and ORGL 572, is recommended.
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ORGL 698 - ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT CAPSTONE
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: ORGL 615
This capstone course is the culminating experience for the Organizational Leadership & Development master’s program. Students will prepare a portfolio of their work throughout the program including a leadership philosophy statement, resume, and artifacts completed throughout the coursework. Students will complete an Organization Development project using empirically-validated research and theory.
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PHIL 110 - POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES
Credits: Three
This course surveys the major political ideologies in the United States and worldwide, including liberalism, conservatism, the far left, and the far right.
Cross-listed: See PHIL 310; PSCI 110/310
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PHIL 220 - INTRO TO PHILOSOPHY
Credits: Three
Students study selected readings from philosophers, to read their words, rather than read about them. This course develops critical intelligence through careful reading and discussion.
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PHIL 230 - LOGIC: INF & METHODOLOGY
Credits: Three
This course introduces formal logic: traditional logic (Aristotle) and symbolic logic.
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PHIL 305 - ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: One course in philosophy or humanities
This course is a general survey with an emphasis on Greek philosophers.
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PHIL 306 - MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: One course in philosophy or humanities
This course studies main philosophical movements from St. Augustine to William of Ockham, including a study of parallel developments in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The course emphasizes the medieval discussions about God, human nature, and the cosmos.
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PHIL 307 - MODERN PHILOSOPHY
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: One course in philosophy or humanities
A survey of philosophy from the end of the Renaissance to the contemporary period, this course emphasizes such principal figures as Descartes, Leibniz, Locke, Hume and Kant.
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PHIL 308 - CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: One course in philosophy or humanities
A survey of 20th Century philosophy, this course examines relevant political philosophies, theories, and practices.
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PHIL 310 - POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES
Credits: Three
This course surveys the major political ideologies in the United States and worldwide, including liberalism, conservatism, the far left, and the far right.
Cross-listed: See PHIL 310; PSCI 110/310
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PHIL 315 - EXISTENTIALISM
Credits: Three
This course surveys the existentialist movement, a European phenomenon, with particular emphasis upon Marcel, Sartre, Camus, Jaspers, and Heidegger.
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PHIL 325 - ETHICS: VALUES/DECISIONS
Credits: Three
This course presents and considers the essential structures
presupposed by any value system, the variety of criteria that can
be used for evaluating Camus, Jaspers, and Heidegger.
Note: The accelerated Weekend and Evening College format of this course will be augmented by a faculty-prescribed one-credit independent learning experience.
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PHIL 340 - CHINESE THOUGHT: RELIG & PHILOSOPHY
Credits: Three
This course surveys Chinese religious and philosophical experience from antiquity to the present alliance of Marxist thought and political ideology and examines the impact of the addition of Buddhism to Chinese culture.
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PHIL 345 - HINDU & BUDDHIST THOUGHT
Credits: Three
This course examines the origins of Hinduism and Buddhism, readings in the Vedic hymns, the Bhagavad Gita, the principal Upanishads, and the influence of Hinduism and Zen Buddhism in the contemporary world.
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PHIL 350 - HIST OF IDEAS: SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION
Credits: Three
A detailed study of the transition from the Greco-Medieval conception of the universe to the modern idea, the course concerns itself with the major thinkers of this era such as Nicolas Copernicus, Tycho Brahe, John Kepler, Galileo, and Isaac Newton. The course traces the historical causes of this important conceptual revolution and assesses its impact upon European civilization at that time.
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PHIL 355 - APPROACHES TO GOD
Credits: Three
This course examines the concept of God from a philosophical point of view, with particular emphasis on the contemporary situation.
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PHIL 376 - ETHICS OF WAR
Credits: Three
This course explores the ethical dimensions of
the use of military force up to and including
war, both by states and by non-state actors. It
covers not only the decisions and justifications
of using force in the first place, but also the
methods and means of force, once employed. The
course will survey a variety of sources of
military ethics, including international law,
secular political philosophy, and the war ethics
in various world religions.
Cross-listed: PSCI 376
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PHIL 381 - PLATO
Credits: Three
This course studies the principal dialogues, the Socratic Method, and the influence of Plato.
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PHIL 382 - ARISTOTLE
Credits: Three
This course studies selections from the major works of Aristotle, Aristotle’s philosophical method, and the impact of Aristotle, especially upon Christian theology.
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PHIL 420 - AESTHETICS: EXPER/BEAUTY
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: One course in philosophy
Inquiry into the philosophy of the beautiful: the metaphysical and psychological aspects of artistic production and appreciation. This course considers the nature of art, the status of beauty, the role of perception in art, the function and use of artistic work, and the social importance of art.
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PHIL 425 - ETHICS: VALUES & DECISION MAKING
Credits: 3
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PHIL 455 - LIT/PHIL OF ENVIRONMENT
Credits: Three
An introduction to the intellectual foundations of the environmental movement. Students will read and discuss the major 19th Century writers who were the source of the environmental movement and become acquainted with the philosophical ideas that underpin the movement. Students also will learn about an ensemble of artists who have contributed to and drawn inspiration from the environmental movement.
Cross-listed: See HUM 455
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PHIL 496 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
Credits: Variable between 1 and 4
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
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PHIL 497 - SPECIAL STUDIES
Credits: Variable between 1 and 4
These courses are offered periodically based on the interests of our students and faculty. For more information and a listing of current offerings, please see additional descriptions at www.maryville.edu/specialstudies.
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PHIL 498 - SEMINAR
Credits: Variable between 1 and 4
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PHTH 500 - PRINCIPLES OF PT I
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: For PT Students
This course provides an introduction to the profession of physical therapy and the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) core values. This course addresses awareness of self and the effect that individual beliefs, attitudes, and values have on clinical behavior. Emphasis is placed on professional behavior and communication skills. Concepts of teaching and learning theories will be presented. This course also addresses disability awareness. Portfolios are introduced as a reflective assessment tool.
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PHTH 502 - PRINCIPLES OF PT II
Credits: Two
Prerequisite: Take PHTH-500, For PT Students
This course further emphasizes the Guide to Physical Therapist Practice, the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health Model (ICF) and disablement models. This course focuses on components and performance of the medical interview. Documentation models will be discussed as well as Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the Functional Independence Measure (FIM), and cultural competence.
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PHTH 509 - KINESIOLOGY I
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: PHYS 104, BIOL 102, BIOL 394, MATH 125; For PT Students
Corequisite: PHTH 509L, PHTH 531, PHTH 500, BIOL 510, BIOL 511
Kinesiology is the study of human motion. This course is designed
to analyze the principles of biomechanics, muscle and joint anatomy
and function which interact to produce or limit normal motion.
Kinesiology I will include biomechanics, mechanical properties of
joints and muscles and analysis of the upper extremity, temporal
mandibular joint (TMJ), cervical and thoracic spine. Analysis of
the upper extremity, TMJ, cervical and thoracic spine will include
the structure, function, mechanics, select pathomechanics and
analysis of movement at each region.
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PHTH 509L - REQUIRED LAB - PHTH 509
Credits: Zero
Corequisite: PHTH 509
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PHTH 514 - GENERAL EXERCISE PRINCIPLES
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: PHTH 522, PHTH 524, PHTH 529,
Corequisite: PHTH 514L, PHTH 534, PHTH 626 PHTH 627, PHTH 644, PHTH 652
General exercise principles including physiology, purpose, rationale, effects, indications and contraindications are studied in this course. Therapeutic exercise performed with and with-out equipment will be examined. Students will develop skills in the application of selected therapeutic exercises.
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PHTH 515 - KINESIOLOGY II
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: PHTH 509, BIOL 510, BIOL 511; For PT Students
Corequisite: PHTH 515L, BIOL 512, PHTH 502, PHTH 522, PHTH 525, PHTH 529
Kinesiology is the study of human motion. This course is designed
to analyze the principles of biomechanics, muscle and joint anatomy
and function which interact to produce or limit normal motion.
Kinesiology II will include biomechanics, mechanical properties of
joints and muscles and analysis of the lower extremity, lumbar
spine, posture and gait. Analysis of the lower extremity and lumbar
spine will include the structure, function, mechanics, select
pathomechanics and analysis of movement at each region.
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